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From: Don White <WHITE_D@HCCS.CC.TX.US>
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Subject: Re: Humor In Computing...
Date: 25 Feb 1994 22:09:03 +0200
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Comments: To: CDROM-L@uccvma.ucop.edu
To: CDROM-L Redistribution <lst-alt-cd-rom@NGW.FUNET.FI>

    The other day, I wrote:
>    Hmmm... Myst.  A game where you wander around aimlessly trying to
>figure out what the hell you're doing, with no clue as to what the
>result will be...

    And then joe gregor <gregor@NRLFS1.NRL.NAVY.MIL> reprinted only
that part (without the punch line) and responded:

>    It's called exploration; try it sometime.....

    Of course, the punch line was:

>    Sounds like a natural for the IBMs  ;>)

    and it DID include a smiley.  Sorry, folks.  Just thought I'd
lighten up this otherwise dry listserv with a joke.  Actually, I've
played with the demo version of Myst and enjoyed it very much - I'm no
stranger to exploration.  I guess the humor didn't get across to Joe
(or maybe the Navy's Tail is still sore from that Hook being stuck it
it  :>)  :>)  :>)  !!!)

    Don White                       "Americans like to talk about
    Instructional Computing          (or be told about) democracy
    Houston Community College        but, when put to the test,
    Houston, TX                      usually find it to be an
    (713) 866-6648                   'inconvience.'  We have opted
    white_d@hccs.cc.tx.us            instead for an authoritarian
                                     system disguised as a democracy."
                                           --- Frank Zappa